Commodity 

2006 

Pounds 

Applied

20076 

Pounds 

Applied

2008 

Pounds 

Applied

ALFALFA (FORAGE - FODDER) (ALFALFA HAY) 72.39

ALMOND 77.97

ANIMAL HUSBANDRY PREMISES 446.62 293.53 314.85

APRICOT 3.55 0.13

ARRUGULA (ROQUETTE, ROCKET SALAD) 17.48 0.63 1.43

ARTICHOKE (GLOBE) (ALL OR UNSPEC) 10.66 16.52

AVOCADO (ALL OR UNSPEC) 9.52

BASIL (BUSH, GARDEN, SWEET) 1.51 1.90

BEANS, SUCCULENT (OTHER THAN LIMA) 9.20 0.19

BEETS, GENERAL 1.13 1.48

BLACKBERRY 1.22 0.08 0.10

BOK CHOY (WONG BOK) 4.08 4.71 0.45

BROCCOLI 0.61 33.16

BROCCOLI RAAB (RAPA, ITALIAN TURNIP, RAPINI) 37.93 0.74

BRUSSELS SPROUTS 24.12

BUILDINGS AND STRUCTURES (NON-AG OUTDOOR) 1.68

CABBAGE 2.92 4.54 0.56

CAULIFLOWER 3.65

CELERIAC (CELERY ROOT) 1.17

CELERY, GENERAL 4.50 12.18

CHERRY 12.69 5.33

CHERVIL (SALAD CHERVIL) 2.54

CHICORY (ALL OR UNSPEC) 22.84

CHINESE CABBAGE (NAPPA, WON BOK, CELERY CABBAGE) 0.04 3.69 0.75

CHINESE RADISH/DAIKON (LOBOK, JAPANESE RADISH) 0.87

CHIVE (SIBERICUM) 6.82 0.79 14.92

CILANTRO (CHINESE PARSLEY, CORIANDER LEAVES) 15.34 6.64

COLLARDS 0.68 3.80

COMMODITY FUMIGATION 264.52 88.71 53.41

CORN, HUMAN CONSUMPTION 61.08 13.29

CUCUMBER (PICKLING, CHINESE, ETC.) 0.51 1.61 1.98

DANDELION (CHINESE DANDELION, GOW GAY) 0.13 0.05

DILL 32.19 3.24 5.71

EGGPLANT (ORIENTAL EGGPLANT) 0.25 0.25

FARM ANIMALS (ALL OR UNSPEC) (LIVESTOCK) 56.98

FEED/FOOD STORAGE AREAS (UNSPECIFIED) 3.57

FENNEL (ALL OR UNSPEC) 0.89

FLAVORING AND SPICE CROPS (ALL OR UNSPEC) 64.93 48.56 10.88

FOOD PROCESSING/HANDLING PLANT/AREA (ALL/UNSPEC) 61.69 12.66 21.95

FUMIGATION, OTHER 12.14 78.90 98.73

GRAIN CROPS (ALL OR UNSPEC) 28.59 23.39

GRAPES 52.78 0.38

GRAPES, WINE 3.96 7.04 113.67

HORSES (RACE, DRAFT, SHOW, RIDING, ETC.) 32.72

KALE 10.82 1.00 0.16

Publicly available data from the California Department of Pesticide Regulation (CADPR) was used to produce the 

following table outlining the pounds of Piperonil Butoxide used in California over the three most recent years available 

(2006 - 2008). 

Piperonyl Butoxide (067501) Cal. DPR Usage Data 
KOHLRABI 0.39 0.67 0.35

LANDSCAPE MAINTENANCE 1253.01 5293.23 1466.54

LEAFY VEGETABLES (ALL OR UNSPEC) 6.53

LEEK 0.95 0.91

LEMON 611.61 163.31 735.32

LETTUCE, HEAD (ALL OR UNSPEC) 128.11 227.55 111.80

LETTUCE, LEAF (ALL OR UNSPEC) 301.78 373.81 196.06

LIME (MEXICAN LIME, ETC.) 2.85

MELONS 1.47 1.54 0.06

MUSHROOMS 8.12

MUSTARD, GENERAL 0.76 1.17 0.24

NECTARINE 24.11 0.10

NURSERY, GREENHOUSE GROWN CUT FLOWERS OR GREENS 100.45 136.06 118.79

NURSERY, GREENHOUSE GROWN PLANTS IN CONTAINERS 62.63 44.59 51.61

NURSERY, GREENHOUSE GROWN TRNSPLNTED/PRPAGATIVE MATERIAL 2.32 29.35 25.40

NURSERY, OUTDOOR CONTAINER/FIELD GROWN PLANTS 784.59 595.41 301.09

NURSERY, OUTDOOR GROWN CUT FLWERS OR GREENS 98.96 51.84 113.32

NURSERY, OUTDOOR GROWN TRNSPLNTED/PRPAGATIVE MATERIAL 108.12 189.88 319.23

ONION (DRY, SPANISH, WHITE, YELLOW, RED, ETC.) 14.20 39.48 0.96

ONIONS (GREEN) 85.08

ORANGE (ALL OR UNSPEC) 10.94 71.53 120.17

PARSLEY (LEAFY VEGETABLE) 2.22 0.95 0.97

PEACH 24.56 6.60 1.43

PEAR 62.05

PEPPERS (FRUITING VEGETABLE), (BELL,CHILI, ETC.) 24.30 5.76 0.33

PERSIMMON 56.88 106.61

PLUM (INCLUDES WILD PLUMS FOR HUMAN CONSUMPTION) 4.06 1.27 7.45

POMEGRANATE (MISCELLANEOUS FRUIT) 162.92 20.30 37.29

POTATO (WHITE, IRISH, RED, RUSSET) 39.95

POULTRY (ALL OR UNSPEC) 1.04 0.48

PRUNE 2.27

PUBLIC HEALTH PEST CONTROL 89193.04 56451.11 74433.56

RADISH 3.81 2.24

RASPBERRY (ALL OR UNSPEC) 6.70 37.56

REGULATORY PEST CONTROL 60.61 69.69 592.43

RESEARCH COMMODITY 9.28 3.06 1.52

RIGHTS OF WAY 544.84 30.91 17.97

SAGE (ALL OR UNSPEC) (FLAVORING AND SPICE CROP) 13.59 4.00 18.36

SITE UNKNOWN 1.83

SPINACH 11.35 11.26 6.58

SQUASH (ALL OR UNSPEC) 4.31 5.82 1.32

STORAGE AREAS & PROCESSING EQUIPMENT (ALL/UNSPEC) 2.23 0.39

STRAWBERRY (ALL OR UNSPEC) 26.32 356.31 1359.02

STRUCTURAL PEST CONTROL 17780.80 16494.09 11547.92

SWISS CHARD (SPINACH BEET) 1.22 0.39 0.05

TOMATO 6075.32 6511.29 4654.15

TOMATOES, FOR PROCESSING/CANNING 0.18 9.60

UNCULTIVATED NON-AG AREAS (ALL OR UNSPEC) 1.29 0.27

VERTEBRATE PEST CONTROL 65.70 94.10 70.46

WATERCRESS 1.11 13.56

Grand Total 119151.45 87982.82 97220.31

Prepared: March 5, 2010

Cal DPR Data: http://www.cdpr.ca.gov/docs/pur/purmain.htm

Empty cell: No data available